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  2. Dumbwaiter - Wikipedia

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    A simple dumbwaiter is a movable frame in a shaft, dropped by a rope on a pulley, guided by rails; most dumbwaiters have a shaft, cart, and capacity smaller than those of passenger elevators, usually 45 to 450 kg (100 to 992 lbs.) [2] Before electric motors were added in the 1920s, dumbwaiters were controlled manually by ropes on pulleys.

  3. Shopping cart - Wikipedia

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    A shopping cart held by a woman, containing bags and food. A shopping cart (American English), trolley (British English, Australian English), or buggy (Southern American English, Appalachian English), also known by a variety of other names, is a wheeled cart supplied by a shop or store, especially supermarkets, for use by customers inside the premises for transport of merchandise as they move ...

  4. The Click & Carry makes schlepping groceries more comfortable

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    Over 3,500 Amazon customers think the Click & Carry is worthy of a perfect rating — big shocker! "Love this bag carrier," wrote a happy reviewer. "This has saved my hands so much pain from ...

  5. Scissor section flat - Wikipedia

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    The scissor section flat is a distinctive way of arranging the flats in an apartment block that was developed in the 1950s by London County Council Architects department. [1] The interlocking design provides a way of maximising the space given to flats in any building volume by reducing the space needed for entrance corridors and providing a ...

  6. House plan - Wikipedia

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    Elevation view of the Panthéon, Paris principal façade Floor plans of the Putnam House. A house plan [1] is a set of construction or working drawings (sometimes called blueprints) that define all the construction specifications of a residential house such as the dimensions, materials, layouts, installation methods and techniques.

  7. Floor plan - Wikipedia

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    Floor plans use standard symbols to indicate features such as doors. This symbol shows the location of the door in a wall and which way the door opens. A floor plan is not a top view or bird's-eye view ; it is a measured drawing to scale of the layout of a floor in a building.

  8. Loft - Wikipedia

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    In US usage, a loft is an upper room or storey in a building, mainly in a barn, directly under the roof, used for storage (as in most private houses).In this sense it is roughly synonymous with attic, the major difference being that an attic typically constitutes an entire floor of the building, while a loft covers only a few rooms, leaving one or more sides open to the lower floor.

  9. Shopping bag - Wikipedia

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    Grocery bag comparisons for greenhouse gas emissions Grocery bag comparisons of environmental impact Shopping bags are medium-sized bags, typically around 10–20 litres (2.5–5 gallons) in volume (though much larger versions exist, especially for non-grocery shopping ), that are used by shoppers to carry home their purchases.